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Date:	Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:52:37 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [BISECTED] HP G7000 battery disappears after suspend

Hi Len,

On Friday 10 July 2009, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Thursday 09 July 2009 22:11:30 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Thursday 09 July 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> > > 2009/7/8 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>:
> > > > On Wednesday 08 July 2009 21:41:17 Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > > >> On Wednesday 08 July 2009, Alan Jenkins wrote:
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I've borrowed this laptop for a few days.  Linux works pretty well,
> > > >> > but I found a problem on newer kernels.  After suspend it claims the
> > > >> > battery has been removed.  E.g. /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state claims
> > > >> > the battery is not present (but it is).
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I've attached acpidump and dmidecode output at
> > > >> > <http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13745>.  I still have
> > > >> > access to the laptop for further tests, but only until Friday.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I bisected it to the commit below.  Manually reverting the patch fixes
> > > >> > the problem (in both 2.6.30 and 2.6.31-rc2).
> > > >>
> > > >> Well, the commit below can't be reverted, because that would cause the boxes
> > > >> it fixed to stop working.
> > > >>
> > > >> Now, the only case this patch can make any difference is when the BIOS doesn't
> > > >> set SCI_EN before returning control the the kernel, which quite evidently is a
> > > >> BIOS bug.  The fact that the battery doesn't work with this patch applied means
> > > >> that the BIOS not only doesn't set SCI_EN, but also expects it to remain unset,
> > > >> which is insane.
> > > >>
> > > >> IMO this is a "won't fix", sorry.
> > > >
> > > > Lets be pragmatic here..
> > > >
> > > > Besides this is a regression and we are already handling some such insane
> > > > systems in STR case.  Moreover sending SMI ACPI_ENABLE command may result in
> > > > some things happening behind our back and not only setting of SCI_EN bit..
> > > >
> > > > PS Looking at the set_sci_en_on_resume quirk history it seems that if we are
> > > > lucky we may may fix another issue (screaming IRQ one) at the same time :)
> > > >
> > > > Alan, could you try this patch?
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > debug patch (needs to have both CONFIG_SUSPEND=y & CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y)
> > > >
> > > >  drivers/acpi/sleep.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > >
> > > > Index: b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > > ===================================================================
> > > > --- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> > > > @@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a
> > > >                },
> > > >        },
> > > >        {
> > > > +       .callback = init_set_sci_en_on_resume,
> > > > +       .ident = "Hewlett-Packard HP G7000 Notebook PC",
> > > > +       .matches = {
> > > > +               DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
> > > > +               DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP G7000 Notebook PC"),
> > > > +               },
> > > > +       },
> > > > +       {
> > > >        .callback = init_old_suspend_ordering,
> > > >        .ident = "Panasonic CF51-2L",
> > > >        .matches = {
> > > 
> > > Thanks for coding this up for me in full.  It works, the battery now
> > > survives, and it does indeed remove the IRQ warning.
> > 
> > Great, thanks for testing, Bart, thanks for the patch!
> > 
> > Len, can you add the Bart's patch to your 2.6.31 queue, please?
> 
> Here is the final patch version:
> 
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Subject: [PATCH] acpi: HP G7000 Notebook needs a SCI_EN resume quirk
> 
> This fixes regression (battery "vanishing" on resume) introduced by
> commit d0c71fe7ebc180f1b7bc7da1d39a07fc19eec768 ("ACPI Suspend: Enable
> ACPI during resume if SCI_EN is not set") and also the issue with
> the "screaming" IRQ 9.
> 
> Fixes:
> 	http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13745
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org
> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>

I'm adding this patch to my linux-next branch and will push it to Linus for
2.6.32.  Is that fine with you?

Rafael


> ---
>  drivers/acpi/sleep.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> ===================================================================
> --- a/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/sleep.c
> @@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ static struct dmi_system_id __initdata a
>  		},
>  	},
>  	{
> +	.callback = init_set_sci_en_on_resume,
> +	.ident = "Hewlett-Packard HP G7000 Notebook PC",
> +	.matches = {
> +		DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Hewlett-Packard"),
> +		DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "HP G7000 Notebook PC"),
> +		},
> +	},
> +	{
>  	.callback = init_old_suspend_ordering,
>  	.ident = "Panasonic CF51-2L",
>  	.matches = {
> 
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